Macedonian Language VS. Polish | How similar are Slavic Languages?

In this episode of Slavic languages comparison series we're looking into similarities between Polish and Macedonian language. 🇵🇱💬🇲🇰 Polish and Macedonian turned out to be more similar that I thought.
We’re going to take turns in describing pictures in front of us, to see if we understand each other well enough to guess the picture the other person is talking about. We’re going to describe 5 different images and compare relevant vocabulary. In the upper right corner of the screen I put a word counter that counts the words that, to me, sound identical or very similar in Polish and Macedonian language.
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[@Ecolinguist]

🇵🇱💬🇨🇿Polish vs. Czech | In The Kitchen | Vocab Comparison 🍲🥄☕️🔪🍳 → kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqDVgXpsiJZ5m80&t

[@radovankovarik3154]

Interesting how Czech and Slovak is a bridge between West Slavic and South Slavic, e.g. ostrov (wyspa). It shows how fluently Slavic languages merged one to another, this continuous inteligibility region to region was interrupted by migration of German (Austria) and Hungarian languages to central Europe. In Czech you can see both forms of declination of words like "hrad" you can have "na hradě" (similar to Polish "grad - na gradzie") - same ending like Polish or "na hradu" like in South Slavic (na ovom gradu). Same for other words like "les" - we can say both v lese and v lesu . Seems Czech preserved both evolution type of declination. Czech and Slovak pronunciation share simplification of pronunciation with South Slavic languages.

[@agartha6525]

Przecież Ostrów też się mówi. Jako wyspa .

[@alexmood6407]

Ilija Stojanoski 😂😂😂😂😂

[@MrJlin1982]

@Ilija Stojanoski guys grow up

[@vladimirbro3047]

Что за музыка на фоне в самом начале?

[@user-of9tc2dt3m]

Интересно как интернет, через примерно 1200 лет, снова соединяет нас.

[@statusquo9520]

Да уж. Раскидало по земле.

[@88truvor88]

@@statusquo9520 ну почему же, если не брать диаспоры - славяне занимают вполне компактную территорию в Восточной и Южной ЕВропе :)

[@kindsolutions8152]

Если к тому моменту человечество не вымрет :)

[@88truvor88]

@Slaven Slavenov в том числе

[@alenmakaveli4719]

Да респект от България

[@ivanvasilev5091]

I'm Bulgarian and I understand everything on macedonian language I'm glad to hear slav conversation 😀💪 Big repsect brothers 🇧🇬❤🇲🇰❤🇵🇱

[@th4tbgb01]

@@user-ig3yw9wv9b Той го написа по грешка

[@ivanvasilev5091]

@@th4tbgb01 явно се е комплелсирало момчето щях да напиша Бълхария ама викам айде айде да не се заяждам сега 😂😂😂

[@ArtystaKoneser]

I want Slavic empire without this fucking politics!!

[@gothluv4740]

@@th4tbgb01 погрешка, ого, интересно читать булгарский

[@yaqo6577]

@Ivan Tanushev no one gives a fuck where your grandparents are from. Everyone moved around and lived together in the past. Thessaloniki had Macedonian Slavs, Greeks, Bulgarians, Jews and Muslims. All lived together. Doesn't mean shit where your grandparents is from

[@danieln9226]

I'm an Indian who studied in Russia for 5 yrs and Ukraine for 4, starting from 2011. Learnt both languages (my Ukrainian is a little mehhh but I'm pretty confident with my Russian). And when I visited places like Czechia, Macedonia and Serbia, I can communicate by speaking Russian slowly (word by word) and using different synonyms so that they will recognize words with same roots. And voila! They pretty much understood everything most of the time.

[@HeroManNick132]

North Macedonia*

[@blazejflorkiewicz9698]

to po polsku tez potrafisz

[@blazejflorkiewicz9698]

from where (whom) from india? :)

[@benismann]

russian is quite funny in that regard, coz a lot of more interslavic, per say, words are considered obsolete, but ppl know them from literature and stuff, so it creates this one way intelligibility with other slavic languages, where russian ppl can understand a lot more of what other slavs say than the other way around

[@hassanrubeiahadi]

As a Russian, macedonian seems more understandable by ear, because Polish really distorts pronunciation, especially 'r' into 'zh' sound really weird

[@NicolasRomanenko]

I’m Russian and I can almost everything understand what Macedonian is talking about))) the Macedonian language is very similar to Russian! That’s very surprising because Macedonia is quite far from Russia

[@mattiassinabafagas356]

@@bobantheighty6141 i highly doubt the OP sees a nationalist like you as his brother. Highly highly doubt that.

[@rakastansinua3123]

Я наоборот вообще ничего почти не понимаю (если не читать). Польский я понимаю намного лучше, сложно только из-за множества ж/ч/ш звуков

[@Vithimerius]

Солунский диалект староболгарского/старомакедонского языка лег в основу церковнославянского языка, который в свою очередь оказал огромное влияние на русский литературный язык. В русском языке очень много слов церковнославянского происхождения.

[@kaliylinux]

@@bobantheighty6141 Cyrillic Alphabet - not bulgarian, it's based on greek. Church Slavic language - not real language. It was made for slavic Bible adaptation. You know nothing, Jon Snow.

[@Zingam]

It is not. You understand words but the grammar is very different.

[@dilara_17]

то чувство, когда сама казашка, знающая русский понимает о чем говорят поляк и македонец

[@boyanignjatovic4175]

ну,македонский берет свой корни с болгарского его поетому и называют македонской литератюрной нормы ,а в свою очередь болгарский ето черковнославянский,а руский взял много своей лексикой с черковнославянским так что понимать македонский для рускоговоряшох не трудно лол

[@Voron420]

@@boyanignjatovic4175 Но запутались с островом :)) уж очень разно

[@boyanignjatovic4175]

@@Voron420 o чем вы?

[@Voron420]

@@boyanignjatovic4175 С определением острова на последней картинке совсем запутались. Македонец продолжает про лодку,а автор говорит уже про остров

[@DelEbaUrmONIf]

@@boyanignjatovic4175 над русским при Петре 1м сильно немцы и голланды постарались, ввели много заимствований, хотя были и свои аналоги. Русские, наверное, единственные из славян, кто месяцы называет на западный манер January, February и пр. А так бы, возможно, до сих пор понимали друг друга без переводчиков.

[@stefanmirkovic6681]

Ja sve razumem Makedonca, a Poljaka oko 50%. Pozdrav iz Srbije!!! Kada će opet Serbian VS Polish?

[@Ecolinguist]

Może niedługo będzie nowy odcinek z serbskim! We wrześniu będę w Serbii. :)

[@alex_x6262]

Ja sam bulgarin al volim srbe I sam naucio srpski :) Srpski I bugarski su 80% razumlivi al bugarski I makedonski su jedan jezik.Ljubav iz Bugarske,braca

[@stefanmirkovic6681]

@Ecolinguist Hvala, ne mogu dočekati novu epizodu! Želim tebi sve najlepše u Srbiji! Gde će budeš u Srbiji? Razumeš? ;)

[@stefanmirkovic6681]

@@alex_x6262 I ja dosta dobro mogu razumeti bugarski jezik i bugarski je veoma interesantan za mene! Mi smo slovenska braća!!!

[@alex_x6262]

@@stefanmirkovic6681 Jesmo I uvek smo bili..imamo istu kulturu,izgledamo isto I nekada smo govorili isti jezik al nase politicare su nas razdvojili:)Ne treba da se mrzimo jedni druge

[@nuuskamuikkunenmuumilaakson]

To ja pise na interslaviansky jazyk ze vseki moze rozumie. :) My Slavianie sme edna velka rodina i ne ma granice - granice sa za glupava polityka!!!. Vse se rozumeme a nase jaziky ma samo drugi dialekti i ne ma velki problem da se rozumeme. Slava za vse Slovanie!!!

[@NeNuNiA92]

♥

[@NeNuNiA92]

@@dawidciezadlik6707 właśnie to jest fajne bo też rozumiem 😊

[@laki705]

Nuuskamuikkunen Muumilaakson I am Russian and I understood everything said above. it’s amazing how it works. Great job to those who created this language

[@hamulcowa]

[@niemandkeiner8057]

@@dawidciezadlik6707 Właśnie dla mnie język polski zawsze był bardzo łatwy dla rozumenia (pochodze z Rosji)

[@ivanaristova3018]

I had Polish roommate when living abroad, and sometimes when we couldn't find the right English word, we were just saying things in our own language. It's unbelievable how many words are similar :)

[@line1999]

В видео много слов базовой лексики, она почти одинаковая во всех славянских языках

[@maksimlipecki232]

For Russian speakers Macedonian language sounds easier because many archaic words you can find in Macedonian as well in Russian.

[@heromannickbggaming287]

@@maksimlipecki232 Lol Macedonian is not the different from Bulgarian. I may have some Serbian words they basically are close.

[@vadimkokielov2173]

HeroManNickBG Gaming скъп прятелю. България иска да покаже на света да е Балкан плюс, да е модерно европейско общество. Нали е крайно време да се даде всекиму да се нарича как си е искал, кой и да е? Не, не съм македонец. Но ако на тях е успяло да дойдат до компромис с гърците, толкова повече би трябвало да се договорят с българи.

[@anderssvart3257]

@@maksimlipecki232 Polish contents much more archaic slavic words than Russian, mate.

[@mattiassinabafagas356]

@@maksimlipecki232 i think that's partly because the russian language is pretty much half old church slavonic-influenced and OCS originated in macedonia/bulgaria

[@marinhrvacanin8678]

Ja sam Hrvat i Makedonca sam razumio 100%, a Poljaka 50%

[@wonderfulhumanbeingwithagr6381]

Isto 😅

[@romanstingler435]

Sem Avstric in imam podobno mnenje. Lep pozdrav.

[@macedonia3321]

We are not Slavs. !!! We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language. Even the names of our cities were made Slavic.

[@aleksandargjonevski4670]

Poland and Macedonia BROS!!!

[@st3f4n84]

Kuaaaj si be bruaat

[@PrOBOY251]

@@st3f4n84 kajsi be brat

[@emigrant4life]

tylko dlatego, że nie są sąsiadami

[@NN-qv7if]

As a Croat, Macedonian is well understandable, very often completely understandable. The intonation is also similar, so i sometimes forgot that he spoke macedonian. It was funny when he confused an island with the boat and also a type of motorbike - vespa.

[@BudgetGainsByJJ]

N N my father speaks Macedonian, out of all the Slavic languages interestingly he thinks Croatian is most understandable for him because they generally speak very clearly, Serbs sort of mumble and speak too quick

[@angeloreyes1951]

@@BudgetGainsByJJ It depends on what Serbs you are talking about, if you start from the north then they speak slowly but the more south you go the faster they talk :D, might be a one off thing, but I have a couple of macedonian friends and they all speak very quickly even for me, a southern Serb ( Niš ). Поздрав :)

[@sudombd1230]

Knowing us Balkan people what I say might trigger some people for reasons only god knows, but as Bulgarian I can understand 99% of Macedonian with little to no effort. There are only certain words that do confuse me. I have the opportunity to talk to many Macedonians and we usually speak to each other in native languages without issues.

[@BudgetGainsByJJ]

Angelo Reyes yes I understand, Pozdrav brat:)

[@BudgetGainsByJJ]

MBD Main Battle Dank fake “nationalists” destroy relations with other Balkan nations because they think their unique in comparison to their neighbours, it’s not language, it’s blood above all and DNA tests prove that Bulgarian and Macedonians are identical (closer genetically than what the Serbs are with the Bosnians and Croats) if these “nationalists” were really proud and brave, they would be fighting to unify or have good relations with their brothers in blood rather than fighting for a cloth (flag) ... To conclude we south Slavs are all the same blood, fighting amongst ourselves over ideologies or religion is just wrong! ... greetings from Macedonian (Slavic)

[@michalinaborowska6711]

Јас сум Полјачка која учи македонски така неколку зборови на македонскиот јазик подолу 😊 Znając i polski i macedoński ten filmik wydawał mi się bardzo zabawny... szczególnie gdy uświadomiłam sobie jak mniej więcej wyglądam, gdy jeszcze nie wszysyko rozumiem po macedońsku 😅 No i przypomniałam sobie jak bardzo mnie rozbawiło słowo печурка za pierwszym razem 🤣 Срдечен поздрав за другари од Македонија! Многу среќна сум дека можам да разговарам и разбирам вашиот јазик и дека малку можам да живеам во Скопје, Македонија 😍

[@petarvrba105]

Научи български по-правилен е !

[@mkdpanzer]

Го учиш јазикот на Кирил и Методија,писателите кој ги описменија татарите и им дадоа православна вера. :)

[@Chekatana]

Секогаш си добредојдена во Македонија, поздрав и до тебе! :)

[@michalinaborowska6711]

@@Chekatana Фала ти многу! 😊

[@kriniko]

czy jeszcze jestes w Skopje?

[@YanaBogdanova]

Does anyone watching the video with hand over the half of it, because he/she want to try to understand without reading the subtitles or it's just me? 😄😄😄 This channel gets better and better ❤️

[@bojanbojic9230]

Honestly, I read some slavic subt. when I can't understand them by hearing. I'm not perfect in my knowledge, but I like to learn new things.

[@YanaBogdanova]

@@bojanbojic9230 well I usually heart it one time without subtitles and then watch it with subtitles to learn new things.

[@bojanbojic9230]

@@YanaBogdanova Yes, that is the most common way.

[@KasiaB]

@Bojan Bojić When it comes to Polish, you don't need subtitles anymore ;) Puno pozdrava još jednom :)

[@bojanbojic9230]

@@KasiaB Hvala Kasia 🌄

[@Standys23]

Miluji naši Slovanskou kulturu a podobné jazyky! 🙂 Zdravím z Prahy do Polska a Makedonie 😉

[@andrejspasvelk233]

Děkuji 😊🇲🇰❤🇨🇿❤🇵🇱

[@macedonia3321]

We are not Slavs. !!! We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language. Even the names of our cities were made Slavic.

[@macedonia3321]

Manifesto from the Provisional Government of Macedonia - 1881 Kustendil, 11th/23rd March 1881 True to the original Dospat 18th/30th April 1881. President, Vasil Chomo[1] Secretary, Nikola Trajkov. Real Macedonians, faithful offspring of your fatherland! Will you let your fatherland be destroyed? Look at her, how she is suffocated in slavery, bleeding from the wounds that the surrounding nations have inflicted her with! Look at the heavy chains that the Sultan has put her in! In such a helpless state, all in tears, our dear Macedonia, our beloved fatherland is calling you: my faithful children, you descendants of Aristotle and Alexander the Great. ………………. It's clean. We are Macedonians. We are not Slavs. We have been here 1000 before the Slavs came. Slavs are enemies, Slavs are conquerors of Macedonia. The Slavs destroyed our language, our history, our Architecture, our true Macedonian identity. It is a shame for real Macedonian still believe the communist Slavic propaganda. We are Macedonians, Not slavs. Yes, the ancient Macedonians had some common elements with the Ancient Greeks, but they were not Greeks, they were Macedonians. And today we have common elements with the Bulgarians but we are not Bulgarians. Also We can’t be slavs. Slavs conquered Destroyed Macedonians 1000 After Ancients Macedonians.

[@antonmurtazaev5366]

Вау! Я понял чешский!

[@HeroManNick132]

@@andrejspasvelk233 Ти си българин

[@Neo-jg9qs]

I'm Macedonian but i live in Germany and i have one polish friend. When we can't understand eachother she says that on polish or i will say that on macedonian so we can understand eachother. It's very very similar.

[@vincentjezkovic4484]

Bei mir ist es genauso nur das mein Freund Slovake ist und ich Pole

[@macedonia3321]

Manifesto from the Provisional Government of Macedonia - 1881 Kustendil, 11th/23rd March 1881 True to the original Dospat 18th/30th April 1881. President, Vasil Chomo[1] Secretary, Nikola Trajkov. Real Macedonians, faithful offspring of your fatherland! Will you let your fatherland be destroyed? Look at her, how she is suffocated in slavery, bleeding from the wounds that the surrounding nations have inflicted her with! Look at the heavy chains that the Sultan has put her in! In such a helpless state, all in tears, our dear Macedonia, our beloved fatherland is calling you: my faithful children, you descendants of Aristotle and Alexander the Great. ………………. It's clean. We are Macedonians. We are not Slavs. We have been here 1000 before the Slavs came. Slavs are enemies, Slavs are conquerors of Macedonia. The Slavs destroyed our language, our history, our Architecture, our true Macedonian identity. It is a shame for real Macedonian still believe the communist Slavic propaganda. We are Macedonians, Not slavs. Yes, the ancient Macedonians had some common elements with the Ancient Greeks, but they were not Greeks, they were Macedonians. And today we have common elements with the Bulgarians but we are not Bulgarians. Also We can’t be slavs. Slavs conquered Destroyed Macedonians 1000 After Ancients Macedonians.

[@emim4i]

when you’re half macedonian and half polish lol

[@user-bh9cw7vc2j]

Half Macedonian and half Polish = Macedolish :)

[@hubertchecinski7633]

Or Poldonian

[@mateuszbaginski8828]

Poldonian 😂😂

[@vedo3989]

Or Macedolish xD

[@danielkitanisi]

Macedopolak ;)

[@user-pc3jy1ul3l]

I understand everything in Polish, because my native is Ukrainian. Also I can understand Macedonian, because that's similar to Russian.

[@limboprime4008]

As a Macedonian i would say that its a stretch Since the russian i have heard i can understand well

[@illya.ruslanovichshevchenk4106]

Так само

[@style8855]

We r all one familiy slavic countrys only the dialect is different heheh BIG LOVE to all SLAVIC people

[@palepilgrim1174]

It's a shame other ethnolinguistic groups of Europe cannot have the same kind of belonging to their languages that Slavs have. I wish those who spoke Germanic and Romance languages in Europe could have the same kind of relationships, but I understand Germanic and Romance languages are far more different from one another than Slavic languages are. Still even within the language families people like the English speakers don't seem to agree they are all one people, even when they all live on the one small island.

[@user-qq5yx8kp1m]

@@palepilgrim1174 well because e.g. germanic and romance speakers are historically from completely different backgrounds and slavs are not so it does make sense

[@palepilgrim1174]

@@user-qq5yx8kp1m Slavs are from different backgrounds, what are you talking about? the Germanic speaking peoples of Europe are far closer to one another genetically than Slavs are.

[@palepilgrim1174]

@@user-qq5yx8kp1m There's huge genetic variance among Slavs, why on Earth would you even say this? How can you honestly believe Slavic speaking peoples in the Balkans are the same as Slavic speaking peoples in Russia or Poland?? Please educate yourself on genetics, you are deeply delusional if you think Slavs are all close to one another genetically. Slavs have assimilated and absorbed huge numbers of peoples from other backgrounds, for example Balts and others. Only around 40-50% of Slavs are believed to be R1a, there's huge levels of other genetic backgrounds among modern Slavic populations.

[@user-qq5yx8kp1m]

@@palepilgrim1174 me be like: ofc germanic speaking people aren't related to romance speakers historically as much as slavs are related so it manifests in the language you be like: wwhhat hhow ddare you fffiend i am talking about linguistic cultivation throughout the history, don't cry it's all gonna be okay

[@igorkushyna3086]

It's time to finally visit Macedonia 🇲🇰🇲🇰 and hear live language)))

[@macedonia3321]

We are not Slavs. !!! We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language. Even the names of our cities were made Slavic.

[@macedonia3321]

.. We are not Slavs. We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language. Even the names of our cities were made Slavic. The original Macedonian name of Bitola was Heracleia, Bitola is not a Macedonian name, it is Slavic. The name of the City (Ohrid - Ohrid) in Macedonian is Lychnidos. The name of the City Cevgelija - Гевгелия, in the original Macedonian language is gortynia, Cevgelija - Гевгелия is a Slavic name. The name of the City (Strumica - Струмица), in the original Macedonian language was astraion, (Strumica - Струмица) is Slavic. The name of the City (Štip - Штип), in the original Macedonian language was Estipeon, (Štip - Штип) is barbaric Slavic. The name of the City (Bucin - Бучин), in the original Macedonian language was Alkomena, (Bucin - Бучин) is Slavic. The name of the City (Demi Hisar -Демир Хисар), in the original Macedonian language was SideroKastron. The name of the City (Crna - černa), in the original Macedonian language was Erigon, (Crna - černa) is not Macedonian. We may work bring back the original Macedonian names on ours Cities.!!!!

[@AimForMyHead81]

@@macedonia3321 You're Slavs and always will be.

[@bigger_mibber6029]

@@macedonia3321 rofl

[@VLASPAR]

Macedonian language saved a lot from old times, so it has a lot of old slavic words. And they are speaking really "soundy". So, it is very good understand from other slav languages. I as a Serb understand almost everything, and almost all Macedonians knows serbian.

[@alenmakaveli4719]

Македонския език звучи като Българския ама по селски начин😁

[@bitolcanecc]

@@alenmakaveli4719 Ова сум го слушнал многу пати од бугари и многу ме радува, на пример мој другар од бугарија секогаш ми вели дека јас зборувам како прабаба му и прадедо му, а тоа значи само едно, размисли добро, сосредоточено и без емоции, и ќе го добиеш одговорот. Поздрав ;)

[@dnlxl]

​@@bitolcanecc И какво значи бе, гений? Ай чети на какъв език е написан устава на ВМРО. Как е първото име на ВМРО. Първо на първо, кой създава Охридската книжовна школа. В България източния диалект е официален, в Македония западния - дали е случайно? Или просто "разделяй и владей"? Много ясно, че говориш като бабите и дядовците на хората в западна България.

[@bitolcanecc]

@@dnlxl Вулгарскиот јазик припаѓа на турската група на јазици. Официјалниот јазик во денешна Вулгарија е Македонски.

[@dnlxl]

@@bitolcanecc Ясно, да. Поредния представител на великата македонска нация, която никога не е присъствала на картата. Наздраве и по-малко омраза и халюцинации.

[@stanmakrushin]

I’m Russian and intermediate polish speaker, that was interesting to watch - understood 80% of everything 😁👍 Hi to all the Slavic brothers out there 👋

[@Dominik-lc4pl]

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! I understood everything in Polish! Lol cuz I'm Polish lmao

[@heromannickbggaming287]

Wow 10/10. Не знаех, че си поляк и ще разбереш всичко на полски.

[@Nightmareinfos]

@@heromannickbggaming287 Я украинец, но пишу на русском сейчас, хотя тебя понял. Польский очень понятен для русскоговорящего украинца (Украинский я тоже знаю).

[@NicolasRomanenko]

That’s insane))) dude

[@NicolasRomanenko]

InFoS Light зная украинский проще понимать польский, чешский и прочие западно-славянские языки. Т.К. украинский развивался под влиянием польского. Я знаю белорусский поэтому многое понимаю на польском. Еще и на македонском как оказалось)))

[@bongarcon6880]

@@NicolasRomanenko знаешь один славянский язык - понимаешь все)

[@inesolujic2534]

As a native Serbo-Croatian speaker, Macedonian is the easiest other slavic language for me to understand by far. The accent and the way its written are extremely similar to Serbo-Croatian. And shout out to Kaliopi :) she makes awesome music in both languages!

[@macedonia3321]

.. We are not Slavs. We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language. Even the names of our cities were made Slavic. The original Macedonian name of Bitola was Heracleia, Bitola is not a Macedonian name, it is Slavic. The name of the City (Ohrid - Ohrid) in Macedonian is Lychnidos. The name of the City Cevgelija - Гевгелия, in the original Macedonian language is gortynia, Cevgelija - Гевгелия is a Slavic name. The name of the City (Strumica - Струмица), in the original Macedonian language was astraion, (Strumica - Струмица) is Slavic. The name of the City (Štip - Штип), in the original Macedonian language was Estipeon, (Štip - Штип) is barbaric Slavic. The name of the City (Bucin - Бучин), in the original Macedonian language was Alkomena, (Bucin - Бучин) is Slavic. The name of the City (Demi Hisar -Демир Хисар), in the original Macedonian language was SideroKastron. The name of the City (Crna - černa), in the original Macedonian language was Erigon, (Crna - černa) is not Macedonian. We may work bring back the original Macedonian names on ours Cities.!!!!

[@user-mp8rq9in7l]

You are slavs cope

[@nikmav3468]

@@macedonia3321 Αριστοτέλης ο φιλόσοφος. Αλέξανδρος ο Μέγας. Ηράκλεια. Λύχνιδος. Αστραίον. Εστιπέον. Αλκόμενα. Σιδηρόκαστρον.

[@Rabid_Nationalist]

@@macedonia3321 we are not ancient Macedonians. We are a combination pf the former and slavs. Cope

[@macedonia3321]

@@Rabid_Nationalist Not. We are Macedonians, Nothing other.

[@amjan]

Wow, as a Pole I could understand more than expected. Knowing some Russian and Czech from other Ecolinguist videos helped me understand Macedonian better.

[@Bakalo75]

@@WatchmanofMKDN Сакаш ли да направим такво видео на македонски и български да видат хората каков език говорите в Северна Македония?

[@carislevert6165]

Macedonian guy spoke for the most part in small sentences, it made it much easier to understand

[@Bakalo75]

@@andrejmilojeski7160 Отлично се разбираме, защото говорим един език.

[@Bakalo75]

​@@WatchmanofMKDN Не ми цитирай Уикипедия! Няма нищо вярно в това, което е написано! Покажи ми някакъв автентичен текст написан на старобългарски тюркски език?

[@maksimlipecki232]

Interesting for example polish skacze vs serbian skače, basically same pronunciation and meaning of course.

[@tangens86]

Macedonian seems to me very cute! Thanks for the video!

[@Djovanini]

I ti toze, tak dorogaja,.....Tatijanka,....

[@macedonia3321]

Manifesto from the Provisional Government of Macedonia - 1881 Kustendil, 11th/23rd March 1881 True to the original Dospat 18th/30th April 1881. President, Vasil Chomo[1] Secretary, Nikola Trajkov. Real Macedonians, faithful offspring of your fatherland! Will you let your fatherland be destroyed? Look at her, how she is suffocated in slavery, bleeding from the wounds that the surrounding nations have inflicted her with! Look at the heavy chains that the Sultan has put her in! In such a helpless state, all in tears, our dear Macedonia, our beloved fatherland is calling you: my faithful children, you descendants of Aristotle and Alexander the Great. ………………. It's clean. We are Macedonians. We are not Slavs. We have been here 1000 before the Slavs came. Slavs are enemies, Slavs are conquerors of Macedonia. The Slavs destroyed our language, our history, our Architecture, our true Macedonian identity. It is a shame for real Macedonian still believe the communist Slavic propaganda. We are Macedonians, Not slavs. Yes, the ancient Macedonians had some common elements with the Ancient Greeks, but they were not Greeks, they were Macedonians. And today we have common elements with the Bulgarians but we are not Bulgarians. Also We can’t be slavs. Slavs conquered Destroyed Macedonians 1000 After Ancients Macedonians.

[@Chymera3206]

How interesting! It is the first time I heard Macedonian language. It was easier for me to understand than Polish. I am Russian.

[@Djovanini]

Eh,.Kak zalka sto mi zabili kak mi bliski,......Zabili sto mi bratja,......Vsi mi slavjanie, edin tozi narod,....Politika zdelala granici mezdu nami,.......No, i segodnji, vidnoe, mi raduemse edni drugima,.......Ponulal mene?.......Znaju sto ponjala,.....Eto kak ja pisal, ocenj pohoze na makedoski,....

[@Djovanini]

@KONSTANTIN XXX How do You know what the bulgarians can understand????

[@AndrejNikolov-xw2gi]

Because Russian was invented in Macedonia.

[@macedonia3321]

.. We are not Slavs. We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language. Even the names of our cities were made Slavic. The original Macedonian name of Bitola was Heracleia, Bitola is not a Macedonian name, it is Slavic. The name of the City (Ohrid - Ohrid) in Macedonian is Lychnidos. The name of the City Cevgelija - Гевгелия, in the original Macedonian language is gortynia, Cevgelija - Гевгелия is a Slavic name. The name of the City (Strumica - Струмица), in the original Macedonian language was astraion, (Strumica - Струмица) is Slavic. The name of the City (Štip - Штип), in the original Macedonian language was Estipeon, (Štip - Штип) is barbaric Slavic. The name of the City (Bucin - Бучин), in the original Macedonian language was Alkomena, (Bucin - Бучин) is Slavic. The name of the City (Demi Hisar -Демир Хисар), in the original Macedonian language was SideroKastron. The name of the City (Crna - černa), in the original Macedonian language was Erigon, (Crna - černa) is not Macedonian. We may work bring back the original Macedonian names on ours Cities.!!!!

[@Sedobreev]

@@macedonia3321 bring back your language first

[@Marko-nc3rx]

Браво момци многу добро видео!!! 🇲🇰🤝🇵🇱 It really is fascinating how similar some words are, serves as a reminder how all the Slavic languages originated from one place and through the years they just evolved differently depending on their neighbours.

[@tripesoup4404]

Ти си българин и говориш на български диалект !

[@dimitarp2002]

There are a lot of common words in the slavic languages. And there is not macedonian language. It is southwest bulgarian dialect. If you think all slavic languages originated from macedonian you are totally wrong. There is old slavic-church language which is esentially bulgarian language. No such thing as macedonian slavic nation. Macedonians were greek people and modern macedonians are bulgarians who live in this region, but were opressed by yugoslav officials not to declare as such, and after so many years they forgot their origin.

[@k.c7655]

kokan mokan One word: Cringe.

[@andrzejdobrowolski9523]

@@vedo3989 And you said that using words of Slavic origin that are similar to Polish

[@user-lc6gk2ki3u]

@@dimitarp2002 Kid

[@Cromeyellow66]

I'm Russian without any knowledge of any other Slavic languages. So, these videos are really hard but surprisingly fun to watch. Never expected it, but Macedonian is more intelligible to me than Polish. Maybe, only because Polish has some specific sounds that require some getting used to. Привет всем из славянской языковой группы)

[@ak5659]

Yes, Polish has nasal vowels and two kinds of both /sh/, /zh/, & /ch/. English speakers often have a hard time hearing/differentiating them.

[@warnerbf]

As always, great work. I loved this iteration of your mutual intelligibility series. It's impressive to see how well you managed to communicate. Looking forward to the next one! 👏👏

[@thenin4e]

Seeing again this video, I found interesting that strumen (or how do you correctly write it in Polish language) is actually the name for a small river, brook, current, as we have in the city of Strumitsa (Струмица) the river of Struma (Струма). Yes that is the name of the river, Struma. How interesting. This word strumen, struma might have some old slavonic (church slavonic) root.

[@jadran3915]

the same is with struga. it is still you in former Jugoslavia countries and in old polish.

[@danielavargas2340]

it reminds me 'stream' in english. - prameň and river you have struma, we have rieka.

[@aysheto3260]

Yes,river Struma’s(that crosses Bulgaria and Greece) old name was “Strymon”.It has the same Indo-European root as the English “Stream on”,”I’m streaming on”.”Struma” has evolved from this.

[@2002vsar]

Есть слово стремнина по русски - место в реке где вода течёт быстрее

[@blinski1]

And in old Polish word for island was actually 'ostrów' not 'wyspa', and still is in the name of some islands here, for example Ostrów Tumski in Wrocław (this whole name sounds very head-scratchy for today Pole, as it has two archaic words in it, today Ostrów Tumski would be called Wyspa Katedralna, as 'tum' meant cathedral centuries ago). I think Norbert forgot or didn't know that.

[@ntemeljkovitch]

Love your channel, Norbert! I'm brazilian and macedonian's descendant. I speak a little macedonian and I love slavic languages. These videos it's an exercise to me to learn more and more. Success!

[@koljoabdecer7096]

When did your parents move there? Pozdrav od Makedonija

[@ntemeljkovitch]

@@koljoabdecer7096 Pa, dedo mi dojde vo Brazil vo okolu 1938. Toj e od Resen. Pozdrav od Brazil

[@koljoabdecer7096]

@@ntemeljkovitch Bravo mnogu mi e milo sto iako si 2ra generacija roden tamu seuste si ja znaes tatkovinata i jazikot. Dedo ti bil golem covek sto ve naucil na vistinski vrednosti. Pozdrav samo ubavini bratu.

[@ntemeljkovitch]

@@koljoabdecer7096 tocno, toj uste e golem covek. Mnogu mi e drago sto nauciv za makedonskata kultura so nego. Toa oforma mojot dentitet. Pozdrav!

[@user-si9ce4jb1w]

Я белорус и мне понятны становятся славянские языки в этих роликах. Наш польский друг делает намного больше в сближении славянских народов, чем адекватные политики все вместе взятые. Смотришь на эти лица, и кажется, что ты с этими людьми давно знаком и понимаешь всю глубину прошедших веков, когда мы были одним народом . Удачи Норберту и его каналу.

[@baits9301]

slavic language are similar , they have evolved over thousands of years .

[@everget1634]

Дай Бог тебе здоровья, Норберт!

[@billmakalovski6540]

I’m Macedonian and I was surprised how much polish I understood. Great video. Well done brothers. 👍

[@andrzejdobrowolski9523]

Unfortunately it is because they were using basic vocabulary but a regular conversation would be imposible (I speak Polish and I do not understand Macedonian most of the time at all)

[@macedonia3321]

Manifesto from the Provisional Government of Macedonia - 1881 Kustendil, 11th/23rd March 1881 True to the original Dospat 18th/30th April 1881. President, Vasil Chomo[1] Secretary, Nikola Trajkov. Real Macedonians, faithful offspring of your fatherland! Will you let your fatherland be destroyed? Look at her, how she is suffocated in slavery, bleeding from the wounds that the surrounding nations have inflicted her with! Look at the heavy chains that the Sultan has put her in! In such a helpless state, all in tears, our dear Macedonia, our beloved fatherland is calling you: my faithful children, you descendants of Aristotle and Alexander the Great. ………………. It's clean. We are Macedonians. We are not Slavs. We have been here 1000 before the Slavs came. Slavs are enemies, Slavs are conquerors of Macedonia. The Slavs destroyed our language, our history, our Architecture, our true Macedonian identity. It is a shame for real Macedonian still believe the communist Slavic propaganda. We are Macedonians, Not slavs. Yes, the ancient Macedonians had some common elements with the Ancient Greeks, but they were not Greeks, they were Macedonians. And today we have common elements with the Bulgarians but we are not Bulgarians. Also We can’t be slavs. Slavs conquered Destroyed Macedonians 1000 After Ancients Macedonians.

[@srboljub1847]

I am Serb and Serbian is very similar to Macedonian. I understood a lot and learned a few new words. Super video bro.

[@vojvodadrasko410]

Али бугарски је готово у потпуности исти као македонски

[@olgagrozdanova5951]

I am Russian, and I like this video and understand Bulgarian and Macedonian . The great thing what you do, Norbert, you show us that we are brothers, we are slavish people . It’s important! Thank for your job! Please, continue

[@macedonia3321]

Manifesto from the Provisional Government of Macedonia - 1881 Kustendil, 11th/23rd March 1881 True to the original Dospat 18th/30th April 1881. President, Vasil Chomo[1] Secretary, Nikola Trajkov. Real Macedonians, faithful offspring of your fatherland! Will you let your fatherland be destroyed? Look at her, how she is suffocated in slavery, bleeding from the wounds that the surrounding nations have inflicted her with! Look at the heavy chains that the Sultan has put her in! In such a helpless state, all in tears, our dear Macedonia, our beloved fatherland is calling you: my faithful children, you descendants of Aristotle and Alexander the Great. ………………. It's clean. We are Macedonians. We are not Slavs. We have been here 1000 before the Slavs came. Slavs are enemies, Slavs are conquerors of Macedonia. The Slavs destroyed our language, our history, our Architecture, our true Macedonian identity. It is a shame for real Macedonian still believe the communist Slavic propaganda. We are Macedonians, Not slavs. Yes, the ancient Macedonians had some common elements with the Ancient Greeks, but they were not Greeks, they were Macedonians. And today we have common elements with the Bulgarians but we are not Bulgarians. Also We can’t be slavs. Slavs conquered Destroyed Macedonians 1000 After Ancients Macedonians.

[@vlaknest]

Interestingly in Macedonian, that red mushroom is called Мувоморка (Muvomorka) or Муварка (Muvarka). It also has some regional dialect names like змијска печурка (zmijska pechurka) - snake's mushroom, ѓаволска габа (gjavolska gaba) - devil's fungus, etc

[@youngxvi]

Е ова да ти кажам не знаев..

[@user-wd8tf3gv6x]

I'm from the Republik of Macedonia greetings to Poland.

[@adimitrija]

The reason is Saints Cyril and Methodius from Macedonia who come to Poland and share Christianity and Macedonian languages.

[@mikekobyliatskyi6298]

Yes, really similar. Unexpected. It is interesting when you understand some Polish and Macedonian words very well.

[@chrisofmelbourne87]

Even though the languages are quite different, they are more similar than I imagined!!! Must be about 30-40% of the same base words. Great videos!

[@palkosyrovin]

Dobrá práce, dobrá robota.

[@rottencarrot6435]

I am Romanian and I study Polish. I find your videos very interesting and helpful, but this one was particularly funny and surprising. Surprising because I had no idea how many similar words there are in Polish and Macedonian, because they are pretty different ( I wasn't able to understand anything in Macedonian, apart from these words :)) ). And the funniest thing about this video was that word "peczurka" in Macedonian, because its equivalent in Romanian is "ciuperca" [čuperka] ~like, which is basically the same word, only the first two "groups of letters"- so to say - are reversed. And it sounds very funny for a Romanian :)) I suppose in Bulgarian there is the same word or a very similar one to the one in Macedonian, and we may have borrowed it and modified a bit :))

[@MegaToyy]

In Russian there is "peczeritza" for mushroom))) And have you also noticed the Macedonian saying "Granka"? Which is branch? And what do you have for that? It's "Creanga" :) How cool is that?

[@rottencarrot6435]

@@MegaToyy I didn't notice this one 😂 but you're right, it's cool. And since I've studied Polish, I noticed several words that are similar in our languages. But most of them are old-fashioned in Romanian and we don't use them anymore (they entered the language through Old Slavonic), but we perfectly understand them. I find these similarities and diferences amazing 😁

[@cprintbg]

In Serbian is also pečurka for mushroom. As Serbian I could understand completely Macedonian and little bit more of Polish language than Jovan from Macedonia.

[@alex_x6262]

Romanian has 10% slavic vocabulary and that comes from bulgarian not macedonian.Saying that macedonian is not bulgarian is the same as saying moldovian is not romanian :)

[@rottencarrot6435]

@@alex_x6262 that's what I said :) and about that linguistic conflict between Bulgarian and Macedonian (some claiming that "macedonian" does not exist, actually, but it's a dialect of Bulgarian) I am not so familiar with it, in the sense that I cannot formulate my own opinion as I do not speak either of these languages, I cannot make a subjective comparison. But from the point of view of some specialists that I spoke with (professors or longuists), they are the same language and two different languages at the same time, i.e. they accept both of the variants as valid, depending on what your analysis focuses on. :)

[@brianfleming8561]

To było świetnie. Bardzo dziękuję!

[@Ankiriko]

Wow. I was expecting many misunderstandings. Slavic languages even being separated preserve much vocabulary in common. That’s cool

[@bojanbojic9230]

That's magic.

[@amjan]

That's because words related to nature don't change much because the same nature has always existed.

[@bojanbojic9230]

@@VoidCosmonaut На македонскиот начин. 🌄

[@IvanSam1]

Hi from Serbia. this was one of the best Slavic conversations... Slavic languages are very simular if you learn to listen correctly and know local and archaic words from your language.

[@olenkadm]

For me, as a native Ukrainian, who also speaks Russian fluently, it was really really easy to understand both Polish and Macedonian, because some Polish words are similar to Ukrainian, others are similar to Russian, same story with Macedonian. BTW, my husband worked in Macedonia a decade ago and my son is currently studying in Poland 🙂

[@HeroManNick132]

North Macedonia*

[@vladimirkacarski340]

@@HeroManNick132 дрдрдр

[@HeroManNick132]

@@vladimirkacarski340 Нямате разлика с украинците!

[@tatjanavelkova5814]

@@vladimirkacarski340 POZDRAV ! ! ! Tatjana od MAKEDONIJA

[@vladimirkacarski340]

@@HeroManNick132 Сега ова да го слушнат од НАТО 🤔

[@florianpelin]

I know Jovan! I've been in russian classes at university with him ! Привет jован!

[@wavi_DXM]

Jak zwykle super odcinek. Rozwalający koniec. XD

[@meriv3128]

This is wonderful! :)

[@zywiat361]

I live in Bulgaria for almost 3 months and I speak a little bit Bulgarian. It was very helpful to understand Macedonian :D

[@macedonia3321]

We are not Slavs. !!! We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language. Even the names of our cities were made Slavic.

[@macedonia3321]

Manifesto from the Provisional Government of Macedonia - 1881 Kustendil, 11th/23rd March 1881 True to the original Dospat 18th/30th April 1881. President, Vasil Chomo[1] Secretary, Nikola Trajkov. Real Macedonians, faithful offspring of your fatherland! Will you let your fatherland be destroyed? Look at her, how she is suffocated in slavery, bleeding from the wounds that the surrounding nations have inflicted her with! Look at the heavy chains that the Sultan has put her in! In such a helpless state, all in tears, our dear Macedonia, our beloved fatherland is calling you: my faithful children, you descendants of Aristotle and Alexander the Great. ………………. It's clean. We are Macedonians. We are not Slavs. We have been here 1000 before the Slavs came. Slavs are enemies, Slavs are conquerors of Macedonia. The Slavs destroyed our language, our history, our Architecture, our true Macedonian identity. It is a shame for real Macedonian still believe the communist Slavic propaganda. We are Macedonians, Not slavs. Yes, the ancient Macedonians had some common elements with the Ancient Greeks, but they were not Greeks, they were Macedonians. And today we have common elements with the Bulgarians but we are not Bulgarians. Also We can’t be slavs. Slavs conquered Destroyed Macedonians 1000 After Ancients Macedonians.

[@mikoajbojarczuk9395]

I'm Polish and I can't believe how much Macedonian I understood compared to how much I thought I would! I learned a bit of Bulgarian before so I guess that helped me understand Macedonian to a greater extent as the two languages are very similar. I love Slavic languages, including Macedonian!🇲🇰❤️ By the way, great video! Looking forward to seeing more of your awesome linguistic videos in the future, my Polish friend!😁

[@Ecolinguist]

Thank you, Mikołaj! I'm happy to know that there is someone out there enjoying these videos! 🤓

[@BudgetGainsByJJ]

Mikołaj Bojarczuk my best friend is polish and we always compare our words, incredibly very similar! I love you polish by the way! best people and food:) Na Zdrovje!! 👋

[@mikoajbojarczuk9395]

@@BudgetGainsByJJ I'm glad you admire our Polish nationality that much! You're actually the first foreigner to tell me that so thank you so much for your appealing response! Means a lot, my friend!❤️😊

[@BudgetGainsByJJ]

Mikołaj Bojarczuk Thank you, Where I am we have a lot of Polish people, this is from my personal experience, and still being Slavic myself it was easy to get along with the polish, I love Pierogi too! All the best my friend 👍

[@mikoajbojarczuk9395]

@@BudgetGainsByJJ And by the way, since you like the Polish so much, would you mind teaching me some Macedonian in the future? I, as a native Polish speaker, would like to become a polyglot one day and speak every single Slavic language to make the best of my interpreting career! If you're willing to increase my knowledge of your beautiful language, I'd really appreciate your effort in doing so! I've tried to learn Macedonian in the past and know a few things here and there, but I only learnt those from limited resources and surprisingly wasn't able to find myself a book with dialogues/anecdotes of people describing a situation in the Macedonian language, unlike for the other languages I'm also learning where I have both a phrase book and dialogue book provided (with audio support, that is!). I personally think we should admire the world for what it truly is and all it has to offer for us in terms of culture, heritage and authenticity, paying a bit more attention to even the smallest nations in the world like Macedonia which are very often ignored by bigger countries as a result of superiority, or even poorly recognised as not many people around the world mention such small nations. I am an exception to this disappointing story and absolutely love indulging with people from these small countries when it comes to sharing thoughts and ideas to learn a bit about each other thus ultimately understand the world in a different way one might perceive otherwise!

[@Harbinger_ua]

Man, I'd love to participate in this! It looks like so much fun!

[@god5535]

Excellent concept. Excellent initiative. Brilliant.

[@deniro1a]

Nice video. I understood you two very well.

[@9generation35]

In Russian: Picture, photo - картинка, фотография, снимок. A man is jumping over a stream мужчина перепрыгиваает (перескакивает) через ручей (поток воды) A fog - мгла Mountain - гора Tree - дерево Snow - снег Winter - зима Lake - озеро. The frozen Lake - замёрзшее озеро. The cloud - облако. The sky - небо Poisonous mushroom - ядовитый гриб Amanita, toadstool - мухомор To poison - отравиться To die - умереть Fallen Leaves- опавшие листья Brunches - ветки The ground - земля Forest - лес Dont know - не знаю The man (human, not male) - человек Sand - песок Desert - пустыня Camel - верблюд International - международный Hump - горб Boat - лодка Shore, bank - берег Island - остров The building - здание Church - церковь Tower - башня

[@michaelcoceski5442]

Privet. Listening I understand about 30%, but reading I understand about 75% of Ruskiy yazik.

[@Ankiriko]

Антон Иршутов туман более распространённое слово, нежели мгла))

[@9generation35]

@@Ankiriko да, вы правы. Я просто выбрал это исконно славянское слово как понятное и знакомое для македонцев, болгар и поляков. А туман имеет тюркское, если не ошибаюсь происхождение.

[@gojotigan92]

А как еден стал один, езеро стало озеро, елень стал оленем, Елена стала Оленой?.. И почему Есенин не стал Осениным? Что за "проклятое место" в начале слова, где "а" переходит в "я", а "е" переходит в "о"?

[@Ankiriko]

@@9generation35 да, так и есть)

[@ALLHELLBROKEL00SE]

A great video, thanks for posting. Pozdrav from Australia (MKD)

[@waclawjarosz7857]

Gratulacje, wspaniały kanał, bardzo interesujący

[@romanvadimchikov5952]

Для русского, македонский ещё более понятен чем польский 😀😲

[@DelEbaUrmONIf]

Попробуй болгарский 😉

[@eva_marti]

Если честно я не очень понимала... Я живу в Латвии и учусь в Польской школе... Сам понимаешь

[@Makedon9]

@@DelEbaUrmONIf bulgarians were tatars from Asia, they addopted slavic macedonian language and not the opposite. Informe about it

[@JustSlav98]

@@Makedon9 You should stop speading lies. Check in google and see that Cyrillic was created in Bulgaria and not Macedonia .. i got friends from Russia that studied that it was created in Bulgaria and not Macedonia stop spreading lies

[@marcinadamski2892]

Ja rosyjski rozumiem dużo lepiej, niż macedoński.

[@Bazilio3791]

Благодарю! Македонский понимать легче. Я люблю славянские языки!

[@johnofdebar4071]

Blagodaram od Makedonija

[@user-rt7tg7ws5q]

Да, удивительно, но мне как Россиянину, македонский понять намного легче чем польский. Польский во многом звучит как немецкий, французский нежели славянский.

[@perigali1881]

@@user-rt7tg7ws5q Ничего удивительно. Вы просто понимаете болгарский язык! Я тоже могу сказать, что понимаю белорусский, никогда не изучая его.

[@macedonia3321]

We are not Slavs. !!! We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language. Even the names of our cities were made Slavic.

[@Bazilio3791]

@@macedonia3321 зачем на английском? Ты не любишь свой язык?

[@AeroPortJoga]

To jest super! Opisywanie zdjęć. Można tutaj zobaczyć podobieństwa i różnice w słowach języków słowiańskich!!^^

[@poockoo]

I learned Macedinian for a month 3 years ago, it's funny how I could sometimes understand the Macedonian guy better than the Polish guy with some words.

[@town_walker]

I'm bulgarian🇧🇬 who understand everything by macedonian🇲🇰 and some polish🇵🇱

[@HeroManNick132]

Дори и сърбизмите ли ги разбираш?

[@RyszardPoster27]

There's another word for "island" in Polish, which is "ostrów" (river island) like in "Ostrów Tumski" in Poznan

[@johnofdebar4071]

Ostrov is the common word for island in Macedonian

[@marcinadamski2892]

"Omijam kolorowe ostrowy burzanu" (Mickiewicz)

[@ivatodeva9108]

I love this video!💕

[@kagishmalkagishmal]

This was a very cool video! I speak Croatian and although I understood Macedonian almost completely, some Polish words were more similar to Croatian ones like: liście - lišće - leaves częściej - češće - more often piasek - pjesak - sand I hope you will do more videos with Serbo-Croatian and Polish.

[@kacpersuski4459]

pjesak sounds like polish piesek „a puppy”

[@NeNozg]

@@kacpersuski4459 he wrote wrong. On standard Croatian: pijesak = sand in kajkavian dialect pesek can mean sand or little puppy, pes (pas on standard croatian) = dog so little dog is pesek.

[@user-vm3tg4gu9d]

Русским понятны оба языка, но македонский по произношению нам ближе.

[@ImVeryOriginal]

As a Polish speaker, I was also extremely surprised at how many similarities there are. I always got the impression Balkan languages are hard to understand and the vocabulary is very different. Apparently not so much with Macedonian. Amazing.

[@sultanswifegetsgreeceaswed5352]

Greetings to all Macedonians,don't pay attention to Greek and Bulgarian trolls.

[@HeroManNick132]

Provoker

[@darluk2]

Dziękuję za to nagranie.

[@darinlawyer5432]

Awesome! Both quite similar languages.👍

[@adnanpiraj6780]

As a Bosnian, I was able to understand 90-95% from Macedonian (some sentences were spoken completely IDENTICAL the way we speak) and about 40% of Polish. I have reached the conclusuon that understanding between different Slavic languages mostly depend on topics that people talk about. For example, for parts of nature (woods, forest, river, lake, sea, mountain, sky, etc) we all use very, very similar, if not identical words. This video just prooved that fact one more time and this conversation was kinda easy one for both of you. But (mostly) different words used for the verbs are the ones that make us issues in understanding each other. My advace for all future videos: please make a deal with all participants before recording to speak SLOWLY. When I was watching Polish-Bosnian conversation, my first thought was that Bosnian guy should have spoken much more slowly. I am pretty sure you would have understood each other much better. Pozdrav!

[@Bosniak803]

As Bosnian,I love Macedonian :)

[@martinpopov2065]

Thank you 😊

[@user-oo8xg9gx3m]

Дякую за відео, Норберте!

[@timg.5400]

Very often when I’ve heard Macedonian word that is not (very) similar to my native Slovenian language, I was happy that I’m very familiar (just like majority of Slovenians) with Serbian, Croatian,… and therefore usually could understand it immediately. Slavic speakers that are under heavy influence of another Slavic language(s) are definitely in advantageous position to understand other Slavic languages at least little better, sometimes even much better. (Slovenians, Ukrainians because of Russian, Slovaks and Czechs,…).

[@balkanforever9621]

When I go to Slovenia 🇸🇮 I speak bulgarian and you guys understand almost everything I understand too the Slovenian it's fun

[@tonimakedonski8981]

And we Macedonians are in the same situation as you Slovenes on this issue!

[@tonimakedonski8981]

@TryndaToChallenger А можеби си само уште еден туп бугарски шовинист затоа!

[@tonimakedonski8981]

@@bobantheighty6141 Пристојноста налага кога лугето разговаараат да не се кења!Таквите бугарски ботови како тебе немаат друга работа освен да се посерат секаде каде што ќе го слушнат зборот Македонија!Малку ли си имате сопствени срамови па сте се срамеле и од нас?

[@tonimakedonski8981]

@@bobantheighty6141 ЗАВИСТ????Ниво на едукација?Кон што,кон кого?Кон испраните великобугарски (читај историја бугарин=туркомонгол) мозоци?Ти ли неписмен еден историја ќе ме учиш?

[@ragcatdoll]

I am always amazed at how much of these slavic languages I can understand, just by knowing Russian. These videos are so fun to watch!

[@juniormateusz]

This video Is wonderful!! 🙏😍

[@user-fz5wx6bw3t]

Прикольно, когда два родственных языка, со стороны понимаешь лучше чем они друг друга, да и в Македонском произношение местами чисто Русское

[@user-ge2qn5ne6m]

I speak serbian, understood all of the Macedonian

[@manov_denis]

Lazar Andelkovic i am bulgarian and same for me

[@user-ge2qn5ne6m]

Bravo bratko!

[@heromannickbggaming287]

@@user-ge2qn5ne6m Ако разбираш македонски сигурно и български ще разбираш?

[@user-ge2qn5ne6m]

Pa razumem, al neznam dal mogu 100% da razbiram

[@heromannickbggaming287]

@@user-ge2qn5ne6m Има някой думи в сръбския, които се затруднявам, но го разбирам на 85-90%, а пък македонския на 91-95% заради акцента и някой сръбски думи се затруднявам. Но иначе, ако знаеш на всички славянски езици приликите и различията с лекота можеш да общуваш с всички славянски народи.

[@robertofranciscomonsalvesp8080]

Amazing video. I just know just a few words in both languages but , oh good gracious, I was able to grasp some parts of your conversation very easily. Languages are marvelous bridges to walk across...all you need is to get started. The Slavic branch of languages is huge blossoming tree. Thanks for your enthusiasm and love for what you're doing!

[@ilijastanislevik6418]

Languages are marvellous bridges to walk across. Thank you for this piece of poetry!

[@thevis5465]

This video is actually very good for trying to learn either of these languages, I had no idea what you were talking about with the mushroom until I heard "twoje dzieci" and I could fill in the gaps from there. I also picked up picture number 3 from "człowiek, wode and mężczyzna"

[@Brick87Game87]

Интересные шоу, спасибо за видео! Продолжай в том же духе!

[@benmariusc2845]

So weird, in Romanian ”mushroom” is ”ciupercă (pronounced ~ chuperka)” vs. ”pechurka” in macedonian, changing the order of the first two syllables. Also, we have ”otravă” for ”poison”; ”iaz”/”lac” for ”lake”. It was a very interesting video!

[@volodymyrtomash6145]

Дуже цікаве відео! Ніколи не думав що слов'янські мови так схожі...

[@Gromik191]

Ofc.. От одного языка произошли.

[@KONTAGD]

@@Gromik191 русского наверное Лол

[@Gromik191]

@@KONTAGD праиндоевпропейского

[@user-do6di9vb3y]

@@KONTAGD славянского)))

[@madik1585]

@@KONTAGD ne

[@onxfire]

I‘m Macedonian and i understood a lot of the polish. The only difficult in Polish is the pronunciation(very hard/have to listen very carefully). But when i read polish, i understand even much more! It’s so similar but russian for example is much easier for me to understand. Russians speak and sound like we Macedonians. Btw. There is one more word besides „pecurka“ for mushroom in macedonian. There is the word „gabi“ or „g‘bi“ too. :) Best regards and thank you very much for your work! 😎✌️

[@bluevoodooiv7072]

Macedonian = Bulgarian.

[@macedonianmijak2267]

@@bluevoodooiv7072 Macedonian is Slavic not Turkic. Bulgarian - the language of the Bulgars was of Turkic origin.

[@JustSlav98]

@@macedonianmijak2267 yes thats true , but slavo bulgarian language was created in the 9th century and was called old Church Slavonic

[@KnowledgeRuless]

@@JustSlav98 That's simply untrue, Old Church Slavonic, was also know as Old Church Macedonian language and it was used by the brothers Cyril and Methodius to evangelize/christianize the Old Slavic peoples, the Bulgars and the rest of the neighboring peoples which spoke proto-slavic languages during that time, and these brothers also translated the Bible into Old Church Macedonian a.k.a. Old Church Slavonic as well.

[@JustSlav98]

@@KnowledgeRuless i checked to see if you say it’s true and it’s not lol , keep spreading lies and google and inform yourself about it… Cyrillic alphabet was created in Bulgaria and it will take you 2 secs to google it to see if im right

[@sunkkist]

Polish sounds so mellow, rounded and soft-spoken whereas Macedonian is bit sharper, more exact and pronounced in comparison, but also more elegant in a way. It's like Texan English vs. Mid-Atlantic/RP English. :-) Both are beautiful. Great channel.

[@katarzynafiakowska2054]

And I have a different impression. Macedonian seems soft and melodious, and Polish sharp

[@radomirstec31]

It's amazing then more words shown on the pictures or talked about in Macedonian are more similar to Czech , than words translated to Polish.

[@BudgetGainsByJJ]

Radomir Stec my auntie is Slavic Macedonian, when she was on holidays in Czech Republic, she was looking for directions because not much people in the area spoke English, she spoke in Macedonian and somehow conversed very well and was able to get by with Macedonian language, Slavic people are all connected I think

[@viktoriyamokhnatyuk4665]

And so much similar to Russian!

[@BudgetGainsByJJ]

Boban Cholich Pozdrav Brate:) Macedonia and Bulgaria forever brothers, I miss the old days when we fought side by side together under the same flag against the Greeks and Turks... it’s a shame Serbian propaganda and influence destroyed our brotherhood. May Goce Delcev and Vasil Levski live forever in us!

[@BudgetGainsByJJ]

Boban Cholich 👍👍 Hvala mnogu brat:) CLOBODA ILI SMRT! ... Unity makes strength! ... what happened between Macedonian and Bulgarian is a tragedy, Macedonians and Bulgarians belong together and not a single flag, boundary or ideology should divide us because we hold something much more sacred and that’s BLOOD! ... Brothers should never be divided, I hope my compatriots can look beyond the Serbian lies and realise that the only people that gave a damn for the protection and security of the Macedonian people (when most didn’t) were its brothers in Bulgaria, the Bulgarians that fought shoulder to shoulder and died with and for the Macedonians should not be forgotten... respect to you brother! Da bidish Zdrav I Ziv:) Da Zive Bulgaria I Makedonia I da se bidat zaedno!

[@VLASPAR]

@@BudgetGainsByJJ A ne vole vas bas Makedonci a? :)

[@lypcizhenaf8988]

Ovaj kanal je jedina mjesta na svijetu dje svi komentarujemo na svoju jeziku i odgovaramo po nasoj jeziku. Cudno je, al zabavno

[@andrejspasvelk233]

се согласувам 😁 slagam se brate

[@jaycorwin1625]

Interesting video, Norbert.

[@beagru5706]

Very funny, thanks for sharing 🤩🍀🌻

[@drrasist7622]

I'm Slovenian and I Understand Both Languages wery well.

[@maxshep900]

@@aokiaoki4238 точно. Как и украинский с белорусским.

[@riodeigorpoor6555]

@@aokiaoki4238 незнам како Господ дозволи Бугарија да биде во Балканот. Ако бевте во Азија ќе ве клошка ја сите, ќе бевте само племиња. Бидете среќни Господ што ве спаси од таа судбина и не скокајте толку. Да не му текни на Севишниот да ви ја одземи земјата и да станете номади. Кој сте да кажувате за други народи и држави. Гледајте си ја државата ваша, да не ви ја земи лично Господ.

[@mrbrubeker4706]

а откуда тогда в Болгарии блондины?

[@riodeigorpoor6555]

@@mrbrubeker4706 Од никогаш

[@riodeigorpoor6555]

@SlavicSausage Фала. Така е, арно му кажа на Бугарите, нека се ебат сега. треба кога ќе пропадни Америка и Бугарија ќе пцојса. Бугарија зборат чуден Македонски, но ќе ги научиме литературно да зборуваат.

[@muradishmurodov5272]

First time I have listened Macedonian language, it is very similar to Russian and less to Polish. Thank you!

[@macedonia3321]

We are not Slavs. !!! We are Macedonians like Aristotle philosopher And Alexander the great. The Slavs conquered our homeland. They destroyed our history, our language. Even the names of our cities were made Slavic.

[@user-ru9zw5fp6l]

Excellent idea! Отличная задумка (идея)!

[@CzechwithaPraguer]

Fantastic) no cases in Macedonian, definite articles, but still similar enough))

[@slaviclady6570]

@@bobantheighty6141 you said that 100 times , stop provoking please

[@deod116]

@@bobantheighty6141 ej bobance nelie tie dosadno aman bre nemas li rabota, ce stasis ako ne ispagnis da se zadosnais so nasite makedonci, nema da ve razberime be. Cudno zbruate de. Kako da imate nesto u ustata stisnato...mrsol ili nesto so se naknal.

[@ilijamitrevski1210]

Technically, Macedonian has preserved the vocative case and parts of the dative and accusative case, as well. If you look at some dialects you'll find many examples like the instrumentatal со нами/ so nami and more

[@hitzu111]

I'm native Russian and surprisingly I understand a lot in Macedonian, especially because of pronunciation. For me, it sounds like if you take Russian, use so-called 'archaic' roots in common words, and take out most of the unstressed vowels. But the more I listen to Norbert the less I need to read to hear common Slavic roots under hard (for my untrained Russian ear) Polish phonetics. Thank you, Norbert, for your work!

[@balkanforever9621]

Cause its Bulgarian dialect greetings From Bulgaria братан

[@milanstojadinovic7419]

Actually, St Cyril and Methodius used Macedonian to create Old Church Slavonic, which was language of Russian Church for centuries...

[@VividReads]

@@milanstojadinovic7419 they did not create old church Slavonic, that was the language spoken in the Bulgarian empire. They created the Cyrillic alphabet in Preslav the capital of the First Bulgarian Empire in the 9th century. It was ordered by Boris the First so Old Bulgarian (old church Slavonic) can be written down. This is what is written in international historical books do your research!

[@alexmood6407]

Balkan Forever it’s a language. Definition of a language is that it’s a dialect with an army. There is dialect continuum from South Austria to the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. And on top of this continuum there are standard languages.

[@onxfire]

I‘m Macedonian and i have many russian friends which i understand very well. The pronunciation is very very similar and the entire language is very similar! I love russians and russia! Long live Russia! You are our brothers!!!

[@DmytroPanchenko]

Дуже цікава тематика каналу! Дякую! Підписався!

[@huberthorsky611]

Pečárka in Czech is a type of mushroom. It's also called "žampion". For mushroom in general, we say "houba".

[@danielculpepper9258]

I study Russian and Bulgarian and in Bulgarian the generic for mushroom is “guba” - very similar to the Czech “houba”! And indeed “pechurka” is a type of mushroom too! Fantastically similar!

[@klotylday]

In Poland ,we have ,,pieczarka" too.

[@Robertoslaw.Iksinski]

Czech "houba" means in Polish: "grzyb" (as mushroom), but in Czech "hřib" means in Polish: "grzyb z rodziny borowikowatych" (as mushroom of boletus family). While in Polish "huba" means in Czech: "dřevokazná houba" (as polypore). Do not confuse with Czech "huba" and Polish "gęba" (as mouth :)

[@gojotigan92]

губы растут на дереве. грибы под деревом. по-русски. но "гриб" есть общее название для "губы" и "гриба". сегодня "губами" чаще именуют не грибы, а то, что "растет" на лице, уста.

[@thenin4e]

žampion , шампињон на македонски, an edible type of mushroom.